Handle for containers



Feb. 7, 1928. 1,658,174

' H. W. RUSSELL HANDLE FOR CONTAINERS Filed NOV. 19, 1926 I 2 Sheets$heet l gwuento o Feb. 7, 1928.

H. W. RUSSELL HANDLE F'on CONTAINERS Filed NOV. 19, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Fig 4.

I-IO'WARD W. RUSSELL, F COLLINGSVIGOD, NEW JERSEY.

HANDLE F03 CONTAINERS.

Application filed November 19, 1926. Serial No. 149,375.

This invention relates to a handle for use in containers such as luggage, brief cases, grip sacks, sample cases, satchels, hand bags and the like, and more particularly to a handle for this purpose, which consists of two sections having grips arranged side by side so that both can be held at the nae time by one hand.

In handles of this type, as heretofore constructed, the linger bars or pieces were usually both of the same shape and arranged horizontally side by side and required con siderable hand pressure to maintain a hold on the handle sections and keep them together, this being particularly objectionable when the other hand was employed in holding an umbrella or boarding a street car or train.

It is the object of this invention to provide a sectional handle of this character which is so constructed that the finger pieces thereof can be arranged more compactly and held effectively by the hand without undue strain and enable the container to be carried with great comfort.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevation of a traveling or hand bag equipped with my invention and viewed from one side. Figure 2 is a similar view of the same from the opposite side thereof. Figure 8 is a top plan view thereof. Figure t is a vertical cross section taken on line 4- 1, Fig. 1. Figure 5 is an end view of the container having the improved handle applied thereto. Figure 6 is a fragmentary end view of a hand bag or valise provided with my improved duplex handle and showing the manner in which the same co-operates with the single handle of a brief case or the like to permit of carrying both with greater ease.

Figure 7 is a perspective view of another application of my invention. Figure 8 is a similar view of one of the handles shown in Fig.7.

Similar characters of reference indicate like parts throughoutthe several figures of the drawings.

Referring to Figures 1-5, the numeral 10 represents the body of a container forming part of a hand bag, satchel, valise, dress suit case or similar article which is provided in its top with a passage which may be opened and closed by moving the side walls .11, 12, at the top of the body laterally apart or toward each other, these side walls being suitable manner, but preferably as shown in F igs. 1-5 of the drawings. As there shown the handle comprises two sections which are arranged side by side and pivotally moui i on the respective side walls of the body.

One ofthe handle sections consists of an upper longitudinal horizontal linger bar let and two arms projecting downwardly from opposite ends of this bar and connected at their lower ends by loops or links 16 with the side walls of the container. The app side 17 of the. upper finger bar is of convex form and the under side lSthereof is also of convex form in cross section, as shown in Fig. 4. The other handle section consists of a lower horizontal longitudinal finger bar 19 which no anally is arranged below the upper bar 14 and provided at its opposite ends with downwardly projecting arms 20 which are connected by loops or links 21 with the otherside wall of the body; The upper side 22 of the lower finger bar is of, concave form and its under side 23 is of convex form in cross section, as shown in Fig.4.

In the normal operative position of the parts the convex underside of the upper finger bar engages with the concave upper side of the lower finger bar so that the two bars are more compact and form a cylindrical finger piece which can be grasped by one hand more easily and comfortably.

Moreover, by arranging the finger bars of the handle sections'one above the other, the hand carrying the container need only sup port the weightof the latter and its contents without necessitating any horizontal inward pressure of the hand against the handle sections in order to keep the latter together, thereby rendering carrying of the container more comfortable.

Furthermore, by providing the finger bars of the handle sections with complementary co-operating convex and concave surfaces which interlock with each other, as shown in Fig. 4, the handle sections are retained in an assembled position without the aid of any gripping pressure of the hand for this purpose, thereby avoiding tiring of the hand and enabling the container to be carried with ease and comfort. Such engagement of the finger bars of the handle sections is permishandle 25 may be carried advantageously by one hand. In this case the handle section of the container having the upper finger bar with the convex underside is dropped idly against the respective wall of the container body while the concave upper surface of the finger bar of the other section engages with,

the convex side 26 of the finger bar 27 of the handle on the brief bag 24. The latter and the container 10 can therefore be readily carried with greater convenience by one hand than would be possible if these containers were both provided with ordinary handles. Another application of my invention is illustrated in Figs. 7 and 8, in which the single handle of a traveling bag 28 and the single handle of a brief case 29 are so constructed that the same may be compactly interengaged and carried more easily and com fortably by one hand. In this instance, the handle of the bag is of the usual form and comprises a horizontal finger bar 80 having a cylindrical outer side and arms 31 depending from opposite ends of the bar and connected by links 32 with the top of the bag frame 33, and the handle of the brief case comprises a horizontal finger bar 34 having a concave groove 35 in its upper side which receives the convex underside of the finger bar 30 and arms 36 depending from the ends of the finger bar 3% connected by links 37 with the top of the brief case. When the handles of this bag and case are assembled in this manner, they can both be carried conveniently and readily by one hand.

I claim as my invention:

1. A handle for the body of a container, comprising two sections, each of which consists of finger bar, and arms connecting the ends of said bar with said container, the bar of one section being above the bar of the other section, and the arms of the upper bar being longer than those of'the lower bar, and the superposed bars of both sections forming a holder which of substantially cylindrical form in cross section.

2. A handle for the body of a container, comprising two sections each of whichconsists of finger bar, and arms connecting the ends of said bar with said container, the bar of one section being above the'bar of the other section, and the arms of the upper bar being longer than those of the lower bar, and .aid upper bar having a convex upper side and a convex under side, and said lower bar having a concave upper side and a convex under side.

In testimony whereof I hereby aiiix my signature.

- HOWARD w; RUSSELL. 

